Verification of User Identity for Voice Enabled Devices

1. A method comprising: receiving, by a voice-enabled device, a voice input; determining, based on determining that at least a portion of the voice input requires authentication, one or more voice characteristics associated with the voice input; determining, based on a profile associated with the one or more voice characteristics, a network device; sending an authentication request to the network device wherein the authentication request comprises an identifier of the voice-enabled device; receiving, based on the authentication request, an authentication message; determining, based on the authentication message and the voice input, an operational command; and executing the operational command.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining that the at least a portion of the voice input requires authentication comprises: converting the at least a portion of the voice input to text; and matching the text to stored text, wherein the stored text indicates that authentication is required.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining, based on the profile associated with the one or more voice characteristics, the network device comprises: determining, based on the one or more voice characteristics, a voice print; and determining, based on comparing the voice print to one or more stored voice prints, that the voice print matches a stored voice print of the one or more stored voice prints, wherein the stored voice print is associated with the profile.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the network device comprises determining, based on the profile, a device identifier associated with the network device.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifier one or more of identifies an origin of the authentication request or is associated with a subset of devices that are associated with the voice-enabled device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the authentication request to the network device is sent via one or more of BLUETOOTH®, near-field communication, infrared, Internet service, cellular service, or satellite service.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the authentication request comprises one or more of an Internet-based message, automated phone call, text message, or an application-based notification.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the authentication request to the network device causes the network device to: request at least one biometric input; and send, based on a determination that the at least one biometric input is associated with the profile, the authentication message to the voice-enabled device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the operational command comprises one or more of voice recognition or natural language processing.

10. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, based on a request for authentication from a voice-enabled device, data indicative of a voice input; determining, based on the data indicative of the voice input, one or more voice characteristics and an operational command; determining that the one or more voice characteristics correspond to a profile; determining, based on the profile, a device identifier; and sending, to the voice-enabled device, information comprising the device identifier and the operational command.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining the one or more voice characteristics comprises determining one or more of a frequency, a decibel level, or a tone.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining the operational command comprises: translating the voice input to text; comparing the text to one or more stored operational commands; and determining that the text matches at least one of the one or more stored operational commands.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein determining that the one or more voice characteristics correspond to the profile comprises: determining, based on the one or more voice characteristics, a voice print; comparing the voice print to one or more stored voice prints; and determining that the voice print matches a stored voice print, wherein the stored voice print is associated with the profile.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the request for authentication is in response to a determination by the voice-enabled device that that the voice input requires authentication, and wherein the device identifier is a security-based identifier associated with only a portion of a plurality of devices associated with the voice-enabled device.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising sending, based on the device identifier, an authentication request to a network device, wherein the authentication request comprises one or more of an Internet-based message, an automated phone call, or a text message.

16. A system comprising: a voice-enabled device configured to: receive a voice input; determine that the voice input requires authentication; send, based on the determination that that the voice input requires authentication, data indicative of the voice input; receive information comprising a device identifier and an operational command; send an authentication message receive, based on the authentication message, an indication that a user is associated with the voice input; and send, based on the indication, the operational command; a computing device configured to: receive the data indicative of the voice input; determine, based on the data, one or more voice characteristics and the operational command; determine, based on the one or more voice characteristics, a profile; determine, based on the profile, the device identifier; and send the information comprising the device identifier and the operational command; a network device configured to: receive the authentication message; request, based on the authentication message, an input from the user; receive the input from the user; determine that the input from the user is a valid response to the request; and send, based on the determination that the input from the user is the valid response to the request, the indication that the user is associated with the voice input; a controllable device configured to: receive the operational command; and execute the operational command.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the voice-enabled device is configured to transmit, based on the device identifier, the authentication message via a short-range wireless technique comprising one or more of BLUETOOTH®, or near-field communication.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the computing device is configured to determine the one or more voice characteristics by determining one or more of a frequency, a decibel level, or a tone from the data indicative of the voice input.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the voice-enabled device is configured to transmit the authentication message as one or more of an Internet-based message, an automated phone call, or a text message.

20. The system of claim 16 , wherein the computing device configured to determine the operational command is further configured to: translate the data indicative of the voice input to text; compare the text to one or more stored operational commands; and determine that the text matches at least one of the one or more stored operational commands.